Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Minnesota Twins MLB Betting Preview | August 10

A pair of MLB’s best hitters square off when the Los Angeles Dodgers (76-33) and the Minnesota Twins (57-52) meet at 10:10 PM ET on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium. Freddie Freeman has a .323 batting average (third in MLB) for the favored Dodgers (-171), while Luis Arraez ranks first in MLB play hitting .329 this season for the underdog Twins (+144). Los Angeles’ Ryan Pepiot starts against Minnesota’s Sonny Gray.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Dodgers vs. Twins

• Game Day: Wednesday, August 10, 2022
• Game Time: 10:10 PM ET
• Location: Los Angeles, California
• Stadium: Dodger Stadium

Dodgers Stats & Trends

Dodgers Batting

• The Dodgers average 1.3 home runs per game to rank seventh in MLB play with 140 total home runs.
• The Dodgers’ .261 batting average is third-best in MLB.
• The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the league with a .336 on-base percentage.
• The Dodgers strike out 8.2 times per game, the No. 11 mark in baseball.
• The Dodgers average 1.3 homers per game when playing at home this season (70 total in home outings).
• The Dodgers are slugging .453 with 3.6 extra-base hits per game at home.
• At home this season the club averages 8.5 hits per game and is batting .258.

Dodgers Key Batters

• Freeman has an OPS of .924, fueled by an OBP of .400 to go with a slugging percentage of .524. All three of those stats rank first among Los Angeles hitters this season.
• Among qualified batters in baseball, Freeman’s batting average ranks third, his on-base percentage ranks fourth, and he is 11th in slugging.
• Freeman has picked up at least one hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .294 with two walks and three RBI.
• Trea Turner is hitting .306 with 29 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 28 walks.
• Among all qualifying players, Turner ranks eighth in batting average, 46th in on-base percentage and 18th in slugging percentage.
• Turner brings a five-game streak with at least one hit into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .318 with two doubles, a home run and four RBI.
• Mookie Betts leads Los Angeles in total hits (105) this season, and 48 of those have gone for extra bases.
• Betts heads into this matchup with five games in a row with at least one hit. During his last five outings he is hitting .429 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and three RBI.
• Will Smith has 16 home runs, 61 RBI and a batting average of .275 this season.

Twins Stats & Trends

Twins Batting

• The Twins rank ninth in Major League Baseball with 134 home runs.
• The Twins rank eighth in MLB with a .251 team batting average.
• The Twins have an OBP of .320 this season, which ranks eighth in MLB.
• The Twins rank 10th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.1 whiffs per contest.
• In 53 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 66 homers, an average of 1.2 per contest.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .419 in away games this season with 167 extra-base hits.
• In 53 road games this season, they have a batting average of .252 while averaging 8.7 base hits per contest.

Twins Key Batters

• Arraez has accumulated a .394 on-base percentage and a .436 slugging percentage, both team-high averages for the Twins.
• Including all qualified hitters in the big leagues, Arraez is first in batting average, fifth in on-base percentage and 63rd in slugging percentage.
• Arraez brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .292 with three doubles and two RBI.
• Jorge Polanco is hitting .237 with 14 doubles, 14 home runs and 58 walks.
• Polanco is currently 117th in batting average, 37th in on-base percentage and 92nd in slugging percentage among all qualifying hitters.
• Byron Buxton has 68 hits, a team-best for the Twins.
• Carlos Correa is hitting .265 with 15 doubles, 13 home runs and 37 walks.

Dodgers vs. Twins Probable Pitchers